Is social media beneficial to the relief effort in haiti? is all the telivising of poor Haitian people on T.V. actually doing the country any good at all? according to these articles, yes, very much so. red cross, according to one article, collected 20 million through social media via txts, billboards, donation centers etc.
http://www.strategicsocial.com/2010/01/social-media-in-haiti-–-how-much-is-it-really-helping/
http://www.wikinomics.com/blog/index.php/2010/01/15/helping-haiti-social-media-doing-its-part/